subject:"\[PATCH 4.4 18\/20\] af_unix\: move unix_mknod\(\) out of bindlock"

[PATCH 4.4 18/20] af_unix: move unix_mknod() out of bindlock

2017-02-02 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman

4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: WANG Cong [ Upstream commit 0fb44559ffd67de8517098b81f675fa0210f13f0 ] Dmitry reported a deadlock scenario: unix_bind() path: u->bindlock ==> sb_writer do_splice()

[PATCH 4.4 18/20] af_unix: move unix_mknod() out of bindlock

2017-02-02 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman

4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: WANG Cong [ Upstream commit 0fb44559ffd67de8517098b81f675fa0210f13f0 ] Dmitry reported a deadlock scenario: unix_bind() path: u->bindlock ==> sb_writer do_splice() path: sb_writer ==>